Sentences with phrase «force in our public life»

The biggest shift in American religious culture in my lifetime has been the extraordinary decline of mainline Protestantism as a vital force in public life.

Not exact matches

Still, many economists and public policy advocates argue that in states where minimum wage is higher than the federal mandate, the economies fare better than in states where businesses stick to the federal minimum wage, which is currently not indexed to inflation and hence forces some workers to live below poverty level.

«Japan has succeeded, as China already has, in reducing its cost of living under these measures, restricting foreign ownership, limiting imports and forcing an internalization of public spending.

As mainline Protestantism ceased to be a culture - forming force in American public life, the void was filled by a new Catholic presence in the public square and, perhaps most influentially in electoral terms, by the emergent activism of evangelical, fundamentalist, and Pentecostal Protestantism in what would become known as the Religious Right» a movement that has formed a crucial part of the Republican governing coalition for more than a quarter - century.

If Christianity is to remain a positive force and influence in American public life, all Christians need to be present within that life, as salt and light.

The religious sphere thus acquires a significant weight in public affairs and emerges as a pre-political and supra - political force with the potential to have a decisive impact on political life.

The force required to administer justice through law is the «strange work» of love (opus alienum) in public life.

But whether it was the by - product of Burton K. Wheeler's progressivist politics, Joseph P. Kennedy's Anglophobia, Charles A. Lindbergh's racial and eugenic speculations, or Robert A. Taft's business - oriented conservatism, isolationism was thought to be finished as a serious force in American public life after December 7, 1941.

Within five years of President Kennedy's assassination in 1963, however, the postwar internationalist consensus disintegrated, and isolationism reemerged as a powerful force in American public life: not an isolationism fearful of America becoming contaminated by the world but the isolationism of the New Left, convinced that America itself was poison in and for the world.

In this sense, religion and religious values act as social glue: informing society's understanding of the public good, providing the vocabulary of common moral discourse, and, consequently, restraining and bonding the centrifugal forces of national life.

Kennedy's decision, now the law of the land, forces us to ask a series of critically important questions: Are citizens» whether Protestants, Catholics, Jews, or Mormons» who seek to apply transcendent moral values to public life welcome in political, legal, and cultural debates?

For example, the lepers were forced to live separated from the community and humiliatingly forced to warn others of their uncleanliness when they were in public places.

Providing for the spiritual needs of the non-religious not does not include trying to force them into some religion or participate in public prayer ceremonies, it means helping these soldiers identify, live up to, and find inner - peace with their values and principles, same as what it means for religious soldiers.

The alternative to this fictitious ordering of life is made concrete in The Public Burning through the character of the Phantom, that «mysterious fearsome force,» to quote Uncle Sam, «which from time immemorious has menaced the peace and security of mankind and buggered the hopes of the holy» (p. 335).

Is it not a sign of weak faith or bad faith to force coercive elements in public life to propagate what voluntary ones do not?

Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

The highlight is the glimpse he affords us into the lives of the gifted, success - hungry chess players of IS 318, a low - income public school in Brooklyn, and the passionate, confrontational teacher who forces them to replay and learn from their wrong moves.

Awareness Policies: A 2015 law HB 6975 An Act Establishing a Task Force to Study Life - Threatening Food Allergies in School established a committee to examine the food allergy policies in Connecticut public schools.

And then there was the announcement made at the State of the Union a few weeks earlier that Schneiderman would co-chair a multi-agency task force to investigate the mortgage crisis, a move that gave the onetime state senator a public profile for the first time in his life.

Spitzer was a major force in American public life for eight years despite having no particular talent for politics.

Might this be the next step in the slow coup that will see the military retain its power and influence in Egyptian public life, thwarting the forces of true revolution?

The program, funded with $ 50,000 in Partners in Prosperity Public Safety money will be implemented in collaboration with the Oneida County Opiate Task Force and through the Center for Family and Life Recovery and is another step in Oneida County's comprehensive approach to combating this epidemic.

The growing role of independent expenditure groups, which live outside the rules that apply to candidates and their campaigns, is especially sensitive in Connecticut, a state that created a voluntary public financing program to restrict the influence of state contractors and other interests on elections after scandal forced the resignation of Gov. John G. Rowland.

The detail comes 24 hours after the shadow leader of the house, Alan Duncan, was severely embarrassed when a secret video was made public in which he claimed that MPs were now treated «like shit» and «forced to live on rations».

The public - service novice, who has spent her entire career in media and publishing, also dropped jaws at the meeting by likening her task of satisfying space - crunch concerns in every neighborhood to making «many Sophie's Choices» — a reference to the book in which a mother in the Auschwitz death camp is forced to decide which of her two children will live.

In February 2007, the task force announced that it had found 78 sex offenders illegally living in public housing, all of whom were evicted or ordered by parole officers to leave the developmentIn February 2007, the task force announced that it had found 78 sex offenders illegally living in public housing, all of whom were evicted or ordered by parole officers to leave the developmentin public housing, all of whom were evicted or ordered by parole officers to leave the developments.

Though fears about the impacts may be exaggerated, the pro-technology forces will not be able to erase fears from the public because genomics is becoming integrated into the collective narrative we share about technology and its place in our lives.

Tired of the Sacramento Catholic School she's been forced into thanks to her mother Marion's (Laurie Metcalf) fears of the increasing violence at public schools, she's grown tired of living in the shadow of her older brother Miguel (Jordan Rodrigues), who lives at home with his girlfriend Shelley (Shelly Yuhan).

Fiercely affecting, the film is a poignant and thought provoking reminder of the artifice inherent in being forced to live one's life in public and also a reminder that there was a time that Jackie, one of the most famous women in the world, had to assume the role for the nation of grieving widow and do it with dignity, poise and grace while all the while having to struggle to privately deal with the violent dissolution of her own inner and outer reality.

Using a public health initiative as an excuse, the corrupt mayor Kobayashi (Kunichi Nomura) has all the dogs in the city dumped onto nearby Trash Island, where they are forced to live with the rats amongst the garbage heaps.

I have focused here on John's professional life because he was a public figure and a major force in American education reform.

The first public charter schools opened in 2015 and are already changing lives, but a lawsuit threatens to close their doors and force children back into schools that were not meeting their needs.

Although her legacy is yet to be fully written and those who will benefit the most from her incredible work may never know her name, as the leading force behind the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF], Dianne has been and will remain the most vital force behind the historic effort to ensure that Connecticut's public schools are adequately and fairly funded and that every Connecticut child is provided with the education, knowledge and skills they need to live more fulfilling lives.

«I live in public housing, so I'm forced to send my grandson to a chronically struggling district school.

Where Mr. Mulcher sees college activism as a sign that students are less interested in joining the teaching force, I see these events as indications that college students are ready to join those of us who have committed our professional lives to making a difference in our public schools and communities.

No, but these innovations from Amazon (and other tech companies) are forcing public libraries — like many older institutions (e.g., post offices, banks, etc.)-- to adjust / adapt / change to meet the needs and demands of the culture we are living in today (not 50 years ago).

Founded in 1860, Bard has built a reputation as a place of innovation in higher education and a force for the rebirth of intellectual thought in public life.

The entrance room houses the installation Spoiled Foot, which fills the space with a large, obstructing black and red mass hanging from the ceiling and which forces the public to walk in a narrow passage and brush against the side walls as a metaphor of the contrast between those who live at the margins and a centralized social power.

Living and creating in postmodern and consumerist societies, artists are often forced to find alternative ways for articulating their concepts and presenting their works in public space largely contaminated by corporative and consumeristic practices.

After the publication of Thomas Eakins: His Life and Work (1933), Goodrich worked closely with Force in administering the New York regional section of the first New Deal art program, the Public Works of Art Project (1933 - 34).

In a culture too often dominated by expediency and self - interest, I came to view climate scientists as visionaries and altruists, flawed and flummoxed like all such people who are suddenly called by forces outside themselves to excel themselves, fighting not just their own reluctance to become publicly involved, and their own ill - adaption to public and activist lives, but, ultimately, fighting for the truth in the face of falsehood, not just because truth matters in some abstract or even in moral terms, but because the fate of the Earth itself, and all who live here, is ever more obviously at stakIn a culture too often dominated by expediency and self - interest, I came to view climate scientists as visionaries and altruists, flawed and flummoxed like all such people who are suddenly called by forces outside themselves to excel themselves, fighting not just their own reluctance to become publicly involved, and their own ill - adaption to public and activist lives, but, ultimately, fighting for the truth in the face of falsehood, not just because truth matters in some abstract or even in moral terms, but because the fate of the Earth itself, and all who live here, is ever more obviously at stakin the face of falsehood, not just because truth matters in some abstract or even in moral terms, but because the fate of the Earth itself, and all who live here, is ever more obviously at stakin some abstract or even in moral terms, but because the fate of the Earth itself, and all who live here, is ever more obviously at stakin moral terms, but because the fate of the Earth itself, and all who live here, is ever more obviously at stake.

Rodrigue Katembo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Putting his life on the line, Rodrigue Katembo went undercover to document and release information about bribery and corruption in the quest to drill for oil in Virunga National Park, resulting in public outrage that forced the company to withdraw from the project.

From launching and co-ordinating national and international political revolts in oppressed countries, to protecting the public in our society, social media has been an influential force in our lives.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

So I am desperate because there are forces at work in all the places where justice must be made — that is, among the public regulators within the private businesses and even at the bar — there are forces that do not want to hear what I am going to say, which is that we can't live this way.

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